What the Bank Can Say

Monsieur Guedj is sixty-three, has an office without a window and a cup of coffee he never drinks.

He has been an adviser in this branch for nineteen years. He has known Judith since the mortgage on the house, in 2016; he was the one who pushed the application through when she was alone with an eight-year-old child and a public hospital salary.

She put the eleven pages on the desk.

— I want to know who is sending me this money.